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porgee |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr mishe-kuppi large thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or {S. argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy}, {scuppaug}. Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species. ({Stenotomus Gardeni}). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] (Zo["o]l.) a The scup. b The sailor's choice, or pinfish. c The margate fish. d The spadefish. e Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. [Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]
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